Cinnamon Toast Crunch Cupcakes

The Story: Whenever I see cinnamon sugar, I tend to laugh at myself a little bit. When I was 10 years old, I remember being in the kitchen on a Saturday morning and making myself a piece of cinnamon sugar toast. But our little glass jar of cinnamon sugar was empty. I promptly walked down the long hallway to my brother in the TV room and asked, “Paul, how do you make cinnamon sugar?” And he said, “Think about it.” [end-story]

Yum! I love cinnamon and sugar combos! I know you've mentioned that you make all your cupcakes the morning of an event- when you have quite a large number, do you put the one's you've already frosted in the fridge, or just leave it out. If you do put them in the fridge, does condensation develop on the frosting at all? Just curious

Joy- If I have a big order to fill, I bake all of the cupcakes and seal them in tupperware when they are done and then I decorate all of the cupcakes at the same time on location of the event. No fridge required ItsSimplyComplicated- 1 cup in the batter after crushing! Good luck!

I made these a couple of days ago and brought them into work. I got a lot of compliments on them, they were a hit! Thanks!!!I was thinking about making a "Take 5" cupcake. I saw a couple of recipes online, but was curious how you would make it? Love your recipes and blog!

Ok, so this is probably a silly question, but for the vanilla cake mix, do you mix the cake mix before adding it to the mixture or do you just add the powdered mixture. I don't bake very often, but would love to make these for my husbands birthday this weekend.

Courtney, I am a little confused by your question. But if you are asking if you mix the cake mix by the directions on the back of the box first, the answer is no. Just use the cake mix powder as an ingredient. Good luck!

My boyfriend is getting so anxious about getting older, so for his birthday I am doing a "back to childhood" theme in the little things I'm planning… this works out so great! Thank you!!!! BTW-one of his favorite cereals!

I would love to make these for my mom's 60th birthday party however I'm a little afraid after reading that some people have gotten tough cereal pieces inside…. do you have any idea why it would turn out that way? could the cereal pieces be too big?

Sandra, yes I think people have been leaving the pieces much too big. If you are really nervous, you could leave them out or make a simple crumble with them to top the cupcakes as they bake. Good luck!

This is awesome! I'm so excited to try it. Cinnamon Toast Crunch has always been my favorite cereal. I like your story about how to make cinnamon sugar. My niece called it "toast and dirt," because she had no idea what her mom was doing to her toast, but she loved it, and it looked like dirt!

Love this! My family is going to bake a batch for our pre-Oscar coffee mixer this weekend! I’ll use gold foil liners and top with golden disco dust…Talk about Oscar GOLD!!!
Thanks so much for the recipe!

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I found this recipe on Pinterest. I love your website. We will be taking these to a school carnival for the cake walk. When I drop them off the night before the event will it be an issue if they do not refrigerate them since the frosting has a lot of dairy?

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Two regular 9 inch pans would work just fine. They will bake a little longer, probably about 20-25 minutes, But just check them with a toothpick or a knife because every oven is different. The icing amount should be good for a cake! You can do some fun decorating with the cereal around the sides of the cake Happy Birthday to your mother!

Made these tonight and they are delicious.I used my food processor to crush the cereal and it was a powder in no time..looked much like brown sugar..my son tried one and he likes them.Not sure how many will make it till morning.What is left I will be taking to work for morning coffee break and share them with the girls I work with.I better take the recipe with.This is a recipe that will be made again and again…mmmmmmm.

These are delicious…I made them and took them to work for our coffee break snack and shared them with the girls I work with..it was a hit.Didn’t know how many would have made it as my son,the night before,was wanting to eat them on me.Now I have more to make…one dozen for my son to take to work and 2 dozen for my husband to take to his friends at work.Looks like I will be having a ‘cupcake’ weekend.

These look so good! I think I am going to make these for my fiancé’s birthday. I will probably make them the night before serving them, so do they have to be refrigerated overnight since the frosting has cream cheese in it?

Sooo I made these cupcakes last night and omg, they came out amazing. Very simple to make as long as you can follow directions. Me & my roommate have been totally demolishing them — so delicious. Also, I didn’t exactly get the cereal down to a fine dust, nor did I sift it before putting it in the icing, but we liked the semi-crunchy icing. I also added a few tablespoons of buttermilk to the icing — came out great.

I rarely use boxed cake mixes and I was wondering you have ever used a homemade mix to make these? I wanted to make them this evening but I would prefer to use the ingredients i have on hand rather than go back to the store Thanks!

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Hi I was wondering is vanilla cake mix the same as yellow cake? If not can i use french vanilla mix and once again if not do you have any other ideas because i cant find just vanilla any where lol Thanks a bunch

Just made these cupcakes for my husband’s 30th birthday and they were a huge hit! It’s his favorite cereal, so when I saw this recipe a few months ago I knew I had to make them for him.
They were perfectly moist and the right amount of sweetness!

OMG! I just started using Pinterest recently, mostly for recipe ideas, and so far I’ve made 2 of the cupcake recipes I’ve found. This will ABSOLUTELY be my next! Cinnamon is one of my favorite flavors and I have no doubt these will be delicious! I can’t wait!!

These are AMAZING!!! The only suggestion i have is NOT to put the little piece of cereal on until right before you serve them, they get soggy if you do it too early. I can’w wait to try the Mint Chocolate Chip and Chocoalte Mascarpone cupcakes!! I tell everyone about your site….I just LOVE your ideas!!!

Sifting the cake mix first removed the lumps and clumps that can make for dry pockets in a baked cake. And combining the liquid ingredients together first also help with the texture of the cake. If you combine everything at once it’s easy to over the eggs as well.

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For anyone that loves Cinnamon Toast Crunch, there is a liquor out now called Rumchata, that tastes just like it. Comes in a white bottle. Tastes excellent on the rocks and could probably even be incorporated into the recipe some how.

Question: I’m thinking of making these into Cupcake mini’s. Would the instructions change any? What’s the recommended bake time if I turned these into mini’s? Excited to make these for my husband’s 30th birthday this weekend!

Hey I have a question. I was really counting on making these today and I don’t have any sour cream. I can’t go back to the store because I just came back. What would be a good substitute for the sour cream in this recipe?

My friend has a question about these, I shared this recipe with her. She’s not using a boxed vanilla cake mix be cause she’s making them from scratch and wants to know if she should add the wet ingredients as well as all the dry ingredients. Thanks!

Just made this recipe into a cake for my boyfriend for his b-day (his fav cereal) and it was spectacular! Made the cake look like CTC with swired cinnamon sugar and everyone thought it was great- Thanks SO much for the recipe!

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I cannot wait to make these! I just have a question about the cake mix. The boxes used to come in 18 oz, but I noticed recently they are now 15/16 oz boxes. Will that affect this recipe at all? I am assuming I keep all measurements the same of the ingredients? Thank you so much in advance for all your help!